Musa Khan Jalalzai 
Security Challenges in the Baltic States, Ukraine and Belarus 
Nord Stream-2 Pipeline and Russia

There are different perceptions in the west about Russian interference in the EU; some states see Russia as a friendly partner, and some view it as a hostile power, but, majority of states want to maintain friendly relations with Russia. These factors matter, and the relations with and perceptions of Russia certainly differ between various countries.
It is noted that the US and NATO presence in Eastern Europe was a bigger challenge to the national security of Russian Federation, and that the US wanted to pressure Germany to undermine the Nord Stream-2 pipeline project.
The construction of the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has been delayed for months and completion is increasingly at risk after the US imposed sanctions on involved companies and threatened further steps. The pipeline under the Baltic Sea has been the subject of heated debate for years.
The book focuses on the Security Challenges faced by the Baltic States, Ukraine and Belarus.

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Introduction
Chapter 1 A Decade of EU Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence: A Critical Assessment by Javier Argomaniz, Oldrich Bures, Christian Kaunert
Chapter 2 Preventing Violent Extremism: A Review of Literature by William Stephens, Stijn Sieckelinck & Hans Boutellier
Chapter 3 Determining the Role of the Internet in Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Six Suggestions for Progressing Research by Maura Conway
Chapter 4 Internal and External Perceptions of Small State Security: the Case of Estonia by Jana Wrange and Rikard Bengtsson
Chapter 5 Caesarean Politics in Hungary and Poland by Robert Sata a and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski
Chapter 6 Susceptibility of Ukrainian and Belarusian Domestic Actors to External Actors’ Approaches: Puzzling Patterns of Transition by Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Dovilė Jakniūnaitė, Marta Jaroszewicz & Laurynas Jonavičius
Chapter 7 From Revolution to Reform and Back: EU-Security Sector Reform in Ukraine by Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits
Chapter 8 Amendments, Annexations, Alternatives: Nord Stream 2’s Contemporary Status under EU and International law by Valentin Jeutner
Chapter 9 Divide and Rule: Ten Lessons about Russian Political Influence Activities in Europe by Geir Hagen Karlsen
Notes to Chapters
Index

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Musa Khan Jalalzai is a journalist and research scholar. He has written extensively on Afghanistan, terrorism, nuclear and biological terrorism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and intelligence research and analysis. He was an Executive Editor of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan from 2005-2011, and a permanent contributor in Pakistan’s daily The Post, Daily Times, and The Nation, Weekly the Nation, (London). However, in 2004, US Library of Congress in its report for South Asia mentioned him as the biggest and prolific writer. He received Masters in English literature, Diploma in Geospatial Intelligence, University of Maryland, Washington DC, certificate in Surveillance Law from the University of Stanford, USA, and diploma in Counter terrorism from Pennsylvania State University, California, the United States.